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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What wakes John?
(a) Absalom wakes him to tell him what's happening.
(b) Nicholas's cry for water.
(c) A rooster.
(d) A townsperson.

2. Who tells the Franklin to go on with his tale?
(a) The Knight.
(b) The Squire.
(c) The Prioress.
(d) The Host.

3. What kind of language does the Host use to ask the Man of Law to tell his tale?
(a) French.
(b) Legal language.
(c) Latin.
(d) Vernacular.

4. What does Dorigen see that makes her nervous about her husband's safety?
(a) A map.
(b) Rocks on the shore.
(c) A tournament.
(d) Smoke in the distance.

5. What is the prize for the best tale?
(a) A meal paid for by the other pilgrims.
(b) Bragging rights.
(c) The cost of the trip paid for.
(d) Forgiveness from the Pardoner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks the Clerk to tell the next story?

2. Whose story moves Theseus to overthrow Creon?

3. Who reminds the Cook he must tell a good tale?

4. How was the fight between the Wife of Bath and Jankyn resolved?

5. What does the knight in the Wife of Bath's Tale do that gets him in trouble?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the characters in the Franklin's Tale rewarded?

2. What is the significance of Lady Constance's name in the Man of Law's Tale?

3. Why are Palamon and Arcite jealous of each other when Arcite is released from the tower?

4. What is comedic about the Reeve's Tale?

5. Why does the Host come up with the storytelling contest?

6. What is the purpose of the General Prologue?

7. Why does the Narrator tell the Miller's Tale despite his concern of its vulgarity?

8. What makes the friar in the Summoner's Tale corrupt?

9. Why does January say he wants to marry? Why does he likely really want to marry?

10. Why are the pilgrims confused by the Merchant's Tale?

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